What is your concept of "death"?

69charger

rightondude wrote:

Because great minds can envision, and achieve, great things. People that have no understanding or positive outlook in this regard, are the guys mopping up dreggs (and wondering why).

I think it's because they are bat-shit crazy

angelica

69charger wrote:

How come everyone that believes they were reincarnated has delusions of grandeur? I was Napoleon. I was a King. I was Jesus' right hand man.

Why do we never hear things like... I was a small retarded boy sold to the circus and born in Romania . I was a janitor at a meat packing facility in the 30's. I was the guy who used to fix the thing that was used to fix the first air-conditioners? Where are all these people?

I've read numerous accounts of humdrum, "average" past lives. I've read such accounts from a variety of sources. The information is out there if one is open to find it.

If you do not read about or hear of the "average everyday" past life accounts, and are only hearing sensationalistic accounts, it's probably because your information on the subject is coming from the popular media, where such issues tend to not be treated with seriousness or respect. In the mass-media it's not unusual that such accounts are presented in a framework that portrays them as "crazy" or as you put it , as "delusions of grandeur".

suffragette

I was probably your basic soldier at Gettysburg. I doubt if I was Robert E. Lee or Chamberlain. Maybe I was a horse.

69charger

angelica wrote:

I've read numerous accounts of humdrum, "average" past lives. I've read such accounts from a variety of sources. The information is out there if one is open to find it.

If you do not read about or hear of the "average everyday" past life accounts, and are only hearing sensationalistic accounts, it's probably because your information on the subject is coming from the popular media, where such issues tend to not be treated with seriousness or respect. In the mass-media it's not unusual that such accounts are presented in a framework that portrays them as "crazy" or as you put it , as "delusions of grandeur".

Yeah, but for every average story of reincarnation there are 10,000 "I was Napoleon". Can't only one living person at a time have been Napoleon? If so, which one is really him?

sourdough

I'll try not to get too geeky, but the cool thing about death is that we DO get reincarnated in a sense. Atoms cannot be destroyed and because we are all made of atoms, we will become part of the earth again being soil, trees, water and other animals including humans. Atoms pass through us day to day and some stay with us til we die. This means that we've shared atoms and are a part of millions of people past and present. We've all shared atoms with Jesus and Einstein and been part of a tree, water, whale, bird etc and we are constantly sharing them. I think that's cool.

angelica

69charger wrote:

Yeah, but for every average story of reincarnation there are 10,000 "I was Napoleon". Can't only one living person at a time have been Napoleon? If so, which one is really him?

Where are you getting your "statistics" from?

OutOfBreath

sourdough wrote:

I'll try not to get too geeky, but the cool thing about death is that we DO get reincarnated in a sense. Atoms cannot be destroyed and because we are all made of atoms, we will become part of the earth again being soil, trees, water and other animals including humans. Atoms pass through us day to day and some stay with us til we die. This means that we've shared atoms and are a part of millions of people past and present. We've all shared atoms with Jesus and Einstein and been part of a tree, water, whale, bird etc and we are constantly sharing them. I think that's cool.

Which makes it unnecessary for me to say anything. Right on what I think about it, and so eloquently put too.

Peace
Dan

hippiemom

chiefojibwa wrote:

yeah, but the sad thing is that with embalming fluid and a coffin and all that shit it's gonna take you awhile to break on down. i wanna be buried like nate on "6 feet under"...in a green cemetary where they fucking bury you in the dirt. maybe wrap a sheet around your dead, naked ass, but that's it.

Since that's not legal here, I'm going for cremation. I figure it's the next best thing.

Rhinocerous Surprise

Not trying to offend anyone, but here goes...

It is my sincere belief that the 'after-life', in whatever form you wish to refer to it, is just something people believe to comfort themselves when they think about dying. Unable to fathom that the end is actually THE END - 'That's All, Folks!:)' - they cling to the popular belief that there is fulfilment to come after this life is over - ie. 'Heaven' or what-have-you. This is not a bad thing necessarily, but I don't think it's necessarily a good thing either.

I, for one, choose to seek fulfilment within this life... I urge everyone to do likewise.

IndianSummer

decides2dream wrote:

~ Osho

who is osho?

keeponrockin

Rhinocerous Surprise wrote:

Not trying to offend anyone, but here goes...

It is my sincere belief that the 'after-life', in whatever form you wish to refer to it, is just something people believe to comfort themselves when they think about dying. Unable to fathom that the end is actually THE END - 'That's All, Folks!:)' - they cling to the popular belief that there is fulfilment to come after this life is over - ie. 'Heaven' or what-have-you. This is not a bad thing necessarily, but I don't think it's necessarily a good thing either.

I, for one, choose to seek fulfilment within this life... I urge everyone to do likewise.

I agree, and if there is a heaven, BONUS!